Wagon-box.



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WAGON BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30. 1909.

I Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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ORSON O. NEVVBEBRY, OF ARGYLE, IOVIA.

WAGON-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

Application filed April 30, 1909. Serial No. 493,176.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Onsox O. Nnwnnnnr, citizen of the United States,residing at Argyle, in the county of Lee and State of low-a, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vv agon-Boxes, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to carriages and wagons and refers particularlyto a Stll Sttl11- tial construction of a bottom for a wagon box.

The invention has for an object the provision of a wagon box which isformed so as to be grain tight and thus enabling the operator to scoopgrain from the bottom of the box. F or this purpose it is necessary toform the bottom of the wagon box in such a manner as to eliminate raisedportions which,tend to present an uneven surface hindering the gatheringof the grain therefrom.

The invention has for another object the provision of a device forsecuring the boards of the bottom of a wagon box together so thatshrinking or swelling of the same will not aifect the construction byweakening the boards, either by the splitting or bulging of the same.

The invention has for a further object the provision of a device of thisnature which may be employed without the use of nails or the like andwhich will securely hold the boards in rigid position.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits th reof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon box disclosing the same intransverse section; Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the wagon box:and, Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one end of the wagon box,having the end wall removed.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals and 11 designate the adjoiningboards longitudinally positioned in the formation of the bottom of thewagon box and which, owing to the employment of the improved devicewhich will herein be described and claimed, are preferably three innumber and are secured at their adjoining longitudinal edges by theimproved device.

The device comprises a strip of metal which is bentlongitudinall-yadjacent its opposite edges to form flanges, as at 12 and 13, thecentral portion of the metallic strip being )ent longitudinally at twoportions in spaced. relation to form an upstanding flange which is ofT-form in cross section and which is adapted to extend laterally inopposite directions, as at 14; and 15 to lie in parallel with theflanges 12 and 13 respectively. The flanges 1% and 15 are adapted forengagement upon the upper face of the boards 10 and 11 of the bottom andare preferably countersunk within the same in order to present a smoothand even surface. The flanges 12 and 13 are engaged upon the lower facesof the boards 10 and 11 and are held in engagement therewith byfrictional contact with the boards 10 and 11 on account of theresiliency of the metal employed. For the purpose of securing the boards10 and 11 together the same are provided at their opposite extremitieswith transversely disposed beams 16 which extend beneath the ame andalso form a support or brace for the wagon box. The boards 10 and 11 areprovided in the usual manner intermediate of their ends with crossbraces 17 which are adapted for securing the same in rigid relaion toone another as well as for the purpose of reinforcing the bottom toenable the positioning of heavy objects thereupon.

As disclosed in the drawings the securing device is preferablyterminated a distance from the extremities of the boards 10 and 11, soas to admit of the rounding of the extremities of the boards and toprevent the upstanding of corners or edges which are formed upon theflanged fastening device. This termination of the counter sunk portionsof the boards inwardly of the ends of the same serves also the purposeof retaining the strips from longitudinal movement.

The sides 18 of the wagon box are positioned in the usual manner aboutthe edges of the bottom and are terminated at the forward end in thewall 19 which is secured across the ends of the boards and adapted forengagement with the forward extremity of the flanges 1 1 and 15.

It is readily seen that in a wagon box of this structure the bottom ofthe same is rendered smooth and even, and in hauling grain the scoopwhich is employed in removing the grain from the wagon may be readilypushed along the bottom of the wagon to raise the grain from the samewithout leaving any of the grain in the wagon as there are no crevicesor overlapped portions in the wagon botton This invention is utilized inlieu of the old tongue and groove construction of Wagon bottoms whichare subjectto splitting, thereby causing long slits in the bottom of thewagon between the boards and permitting the falling through of materialcarried thereon.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

l. A wagon box including a plurality of boards having their longitudinaledges abutted, a metallic strip engaged between said boards, a'T-flangeformed along the upper edge of said strip for engagement upon the upperfaces of said boards and flanges oppositely formed upon the lower edgeof said strip for engagement beneath the under faces of said boards,said T-flange and said flanges being disposed in rectangular relation tothe body portion oi said strip.

2. A wagon box including a plurality of boards positioned in paralleland having their longitudinal edges abutted metallic strips engagedbetween said boards, T- flanges formed on said strips to engage theupper faces of said boards in countersunk relation, lower flanges formedon said strips for engagement against the under faces of said boards,said strips being terminated inwardly of the ends of said boards toprovide a locking means for preventing the longitudinal movement of saidstrips.

3. A Wagon box including a plurality of boards positioned in paralleland having their longitudinal edges abutted, flanged strips positionedbetween said boards the flanges of which engage against the oppositefaces of the boards, one being in countersunk relation, said stripsbeing terminated inwardly of the ends of said boards to form abutmentsto prevent the longitudinal movement of said strips by the counter sunkrelation of the upper of the flanges.

i. A wagon box including a plurality of Y boards being countersunk attheir adjacent edges in the upper faces thereof, flanged strips forengagement between said boards and in said countersunk portions, saidcountersunk portions terminated inwardly of the ends of said boards toform abutments for engagement with the ends of said strips to preventthe longitudinal movement of the same and lower flanges formed on saidstrips for engagement against the un der faces of said boards to retainsaid strips from upward movement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ORSON O. NEWBERRY. [n s] Witnesses FRANK D. CARR, J. S. Fononavn.

